Mitochondrial DNA haplotyping revealed the presence of mixed up benign and neoplastic tissue sections from two individuals on the same prostatic biopsy slide

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-86

  Alonso, A ^a   Alves, C ^b   Suarez Mier M P ^a   Albarran C ^a   Pereira, L ^b   Fernandez De Simon L ^a   Martin P ^a   Garcia O ^c   Gusmao L ^a   Sancho, M ^a   Amorim, A ^b  

^a Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Area de Laboratorio Ertzaintza   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA ISOLATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ARTIFACTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 19944426649     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.017673     Document Type: Article

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